A sandwich at Cozzy Market & Deli, a deli in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Reads as a fully realized italian sub, four of six roles on the board.
More salt than 90% of the catalog.
Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.
hoagie roll (inferred from the name), served cold: ham; salami; provolone cheese; pickles; pepperoncini.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.9 | 90th |
| acid | 1.6 | 90th |
| fat | 1.8 | 37th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 46th |
| umami | 2.0 | 74th |
| heat | 0.2 | 65th |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
95 Balance, out of 100
The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.
What each layer brings
| Layer | Role | Flavor and texture | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll (inferred from the name) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +10 |
| salami | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky | +21 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +10 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | 0 |
| pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | +8 |
Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.
Pairings
- Ham + Salami: salami and ham, the deli's double cure
- Ham + Pickle (cucumber): the cubano lesson: brine cuts cured pork
- Salami + Provolone: italian sub spine: salami and provolone
- Salami + Pepperoncini: hot pickled peppers cut fatty salami
How to raise it
- Judged as an italian sub: focus is not held against it.
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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